Elmhurst School District 205 holds firm to saliva COVID testing plan for students WLS Share: ELMHURST, Ill. (WLS) -- Elmhurst school officials are holding firm to their plan to saliva test students for COVID-19, allowing a return to in-person school four days a week. Elmhurst District 205 school board members looked to ease parents' concerns at a meeting Thursday night, but did not budge on their plan for school-wide testing. Tubes of saliva will be the price of entry for students to return to regular classroom learning starting Monday. "I feel like it's totally fine. It's just spit. My sister goes to U of I and she's been doing the spit test for the whole time she's been there so I feel like there's no issue with it," said Emma Garvey, senior at York High School.